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The true stories of the mysterious deaths of two random American women in 1932.   The cases remain unsolved.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  01/28/2025.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Death of Elizabeth Cook -

New York Times, Feb. 20 & 21, 1932.

Associated Press, Feb. 18 & 20, 1932.

Boston Post, Feb. 12, 1932.

Death of Nora Smithson -

Arizona Daily Star, January 19th, 1932.

Police Blotter & Court News -

Cleveland Plain Dealer, August 28, 1863.

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VOICES -

Death of Elizabeth Cook -

Narrator - Samantha Thompson, Voice Artist and Podcaster.

Death of Nora Smithson -

Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

Police Blotter & Court News:

Narrator - Alyssa Petrey

Title Voice - Kathleen Li

Judge - Glenn Hascall

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - How to Create an "Enemies to Lovers" Arc (Author Unknown).

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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Back By Popular Demand!

On this episode, we feature our Sixth presentation of the 1939 radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", by Charles Dickens, featuring the voices of Orson Welles and Lionel Barrymore. Complete, and uncut.

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Merry Christmas!  

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

A Christmas Carol, Campbell’s Playhouse, CBS Radio Network, December 24, 1939 (radio play, audio).

O’Leary, Dorothy, Barrymore’s Scrooge, New York Times, December 21, 1947 (interview with Lionel Barrymore).

Chesteron, G.K., ⁠The Wrong Books at Christmas⁠, Illustrated London News, January 09, 1909 (column / commentary).

Dickens, Charles, ⁠A Christmas Carol⁠ (1843) (complete text of book). PLEASE NOTE: The radio play is a shortened and adapted version of the book.

We claim NO ownership interest in any of the above material - whether audio or print.

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GUEST VOICES:

Lionel Barrymore - Pete Lutz, voice artist and producer, ⁠Narada Radio Company⁠, an audiodrama podcast.

G.K. Chesterton - ⁠Logan Smith⁠ - free-lance professional voice actor.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Exit Aphorism (voice) – Kit Caren, co-host ⁠Forgotten News Podcast⁠.

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠Already Gone⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Source:⁠ ⁠ Author Unknown

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0 At Rest

At Rest

I Knew A Guy

All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org , Or the Public Domain.

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Listen to our wild collection of Strange, Spooky, and Sinister Stories, for Halloween !!!

Boo!

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  10/18/2024.

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THE STORIES:

1_My Childhood Paranormal Experience

2_A Sinister Neighbor

3_Time Reversed For Me

4_A Haunted Husband – Narrated by Kathleen Li  (00:18:42)

5_Something In The Corner

6_The Vanishing Rest Stop

7_A Ghost Ruined My Date

8_Your Nightmares

9_My Mom's Antique Clock – Narrated by Erin Suminsby  (00:34:54)

10_The Ouija Board That Started A Fire

11_A Conversation With My Secret Crush – Narrated by Jenifer Tissot (00:41:32)

12_Our  Attic Was Haunted

13_Sorority Scare – Narrated by Victoria Kelemen (00:49:54)

14_I Told You, I'm Not Scared

15_The Old Farmhouse

16_Lethal Question

17_Grim Reaper Pays A Visit

18_Wedding Day

19_Our First Date Ghost Story

20_Donkey Tale

21_Telly Savalas' host Story

22_There's A Bear Out There

23_The Woman in the Painting.

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NOTE:   STORIES WITHOUT LISTED NARRATORS ARE VOICED ANONYMOUSLY.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Aphorism Source: G.K. Chesterton, The Napoleon of Notting Hill, Chapter 2 ⁠(book, 1904).

Exit Music: Screamin' Ball at Dracula Hall - The Duponts (1958)

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0

At Rest

I Knew A Guy

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Our hiatus is almost over!

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Sorry, that we've been away, without explanation.

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For both Now, and the Future.

In 1851, an unknown man suddenly appeared in a small town Germany, saying he was a survivor of a shipwreck, but claiming to be from a country (and continent) that no one had ever heard of. Yet, he was fully believed. The police chief wondered if he might have somehow traveled from another world.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  06/26/2024.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Newspaper Clipping of the Day, Strange Company, Wednesday, July 9, 2014.

Jophar Vorin, Obscure Legends Wiki (2021).

A New Man, Reynold's Newspaper, London, England, April 13, 1851.

⁠Jophar Vorin⁠, Paranormal Strange Wiki (2023).

Incredible, But True:

Voice of the Dead⁠, Episode of ⁠radio broadcast⁠ (1951; exact date unknown).

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VOICES -

The Man From Nowhere:

Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - extract from "The Duty of the Historian" (1921) by G.K. Chesterton.

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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Approximately a half century ago, a young female Navy officer vanished without a trace. The incident remains completely unsolved, and extremely puzzling.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  04/26/2024.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

What Ever Happened To Elaine Faye Lehtinen:

Vanished Veteran Elaine Faye Lehtinen  (Oct 22, 2018).

Elaine Faye Lehtinen, The Charley Project  (April

Kidnap-Murder Top Theory on Missing Napa Woman, Napa Valley Register (Aug. 31, 1976).

MISSING - US Navy Officer Elaine Faye Lehtinen, Naptime Nancy podcast (Mar. 20, 2019).

Got Disappeared: Elaine Faye Lehtinen Tips Received, Naptime Nancy podcast (My 20, 2020).

Incredible, But True:

Beware, My Son, Episode of radio broadcast (1950; date unknown).

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VOICES -

What Ever Happened to Elaine Fay Lehtinen:

Narrator - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Take it Slow, by Evergreen Evergreen (poem).

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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In April 1947, in Woodward, Oklahoma, during the aftermath of a massive violent tornado, a 4 year old girl was mysteriously kidnapped at a hospital, and was never seen again.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  03/23/2024.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠

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VOICES:

The Mysterious Disappearance of Joan Gay Croft:

Guest Narrator - Meadow Hemphill, free-lance voice performer.

Police Blotter & Court News - 1872:

Guest Narrator - Kelsey Olivieri, free lance voice performer.

Police Blotter Title Voice - Erin Suminsby⁠, free-lance voice performer.

Behold: A Woman: Episode of radio broadcast - April 28, 1950.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Albert Einstein, quoted in Life magazine, May 2, 1955.

Curiosity has its own reason for existence.

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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In 1950, in a tiny town in Louisiana, an 18-year-old girl was terrorized by an unseen man, who would make wolf whistles and a funeral dirges, night after night, outside of her bedroom window.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  02/27/2024.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email:  ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠

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VOICES:

The Phantom Whistler:

Narrator - ⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

Nolte Cadow - Sharon Grünwald, free-lance professional voice performer.

Creepy telephone caller - Glen Hascall, free-lance professional voice performer.

Police Blotter & Court News - July 23, 1907:

Narrator - Madison Standish a.k.a. Chrisi Talyn Saje, of Madison on the Air podcast, and free-lance professional voice performer.

Police Blotter Title Voice - Samantha Thompson of Hot Copy Radio Theater, and free-lance professional voice performer.

Judge – Jerry Kokich, free-lance professional voice performer.

Kit's Corner:

Linda Folkard (Miss Hitch-Hiker of 1946) – Astrid WS, free-lance professional voice performer.  

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠Already Gone⁠ podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Excerpt from poem "Life", by Carrie Law Morgan Figgs, published 1921.

Aphorism Voice - ⁠Kit Caren⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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